created sense approved 可言 · kěyán · can be said — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
可言
kěyán
can be said
can be expressed in words; often used in rhetorical questions to mean "beyond words" or "unspeakable"
可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say
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created sense approved 可言 · kěyán · worth mentioning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
可言
kěyán
worth mentioning
(literary) worth talking about or having a point worthy of discussion
可 (literal) → 可 · kě · worth 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say
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created sense approved 可言 · kěyán · to speak of — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
可言
kěyán
to speak of
used in the structure [[无|無|wu2]] ... [[可言|可言|ke3 yan2]] (no ... to speak of) to indicate a complete absence of a quality
可 (literal) → 可 · kě · worth 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition